Two Kingston residents arrested in Midtown stabbings

KINGSTON, N.Y. -- Two Kingston residents have been charged in connection with Monday night's stabbings of two teenagers in Midtown Kingston, police said on Saturday.

Darell Grosvenor, 19, of 8 Clinton Ave., and Lenox Peters, 18, of 20 VanBuren St., were arrested in the Bronx with the assistance of the New York City Police Department, Kingston police said.

Both suspects were brought back to Kingston, charged with felony counts of assault and gang assault, arraigned in City Court and sent to the Ulster County Jail, police said.

Peters was being held on Saturday in lieu of $100,000 bail, and Grosvenor was being held in lieu of $75,000 bail, according to a jail officer.

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Police said the stabbings occurred during a large fight about 11 p.m. Monday on Cedar Street, near Clinton Avenue. Police have not said what led to the fight or the stabbings.

Kingston police Sgt. Patrick Buono said on Saturday that gang assault was among the charges filed against Grosvenor and Peters because of the number of people involved in the fight.

On Wednesday, city police said one of the two victims, a 16-year-old male, suffered multiple stab wounds and was hospitalized at Albany Medical Center in stable condition and that the other, a 19-year-old male, was treated at Kingston Hospital for and arm laceration.

In a late-Friday press release announcing the arrests, however, police said that "both victims in this matter sustained substantial injuries and had to be hospitalized for treatment."

Buono said he was not certain why the two statements appeared to contradict each other.

He also continued to withhold the names of the victims and said he did not have an updated condition status for the 16-year-old.

Police have not identified the victims but have said they live "locally," though not necessarily in Kingston.